netdev - Re: [PATCH] macb: Call phy

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:35:20 +0900 (JST)
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, hskinnemoen@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macb: Call phy_disconnect on removing

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:53:31 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > applied
> 
> Needed in 2.6.24.x as well, I think?

Yes, though I suppose this driver is not widely used as a module.
CC-ed to stable@...nel.org.

commit 84b7901f8d5a17536ef2df7fd628ab865df8fe3a
Author: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Date:   Thu Apr 10 23:30:07 2008 +0900

    macb: Call phy_disconnect on removing
    
    Call phy_disconnect() on remove routine.  Otherwise the phy timer
    causes a kernel crash when unloading.
    
    Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index 1d210ed..10fcea5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,8 @@ static int __exit macb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (dev) {
 		bp = netdev_priv(dev);
+		if (bp->phy_dev)
+			phy_disconnect(bp->phy_dev);
 		mdiobus_unregister(&bp->mii_bus);
 		kfree(bp->mii_bus.irq);
 		unregister_netdev(dev);
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